Twofer Card Challenge #8: Geometric

Our Twofer Card Challenge this month is: Geometric.  There are so many ways to use shapes on our cards and I can't wait to see your ideas!  I took the route of a geometric cover plate die by Papertrey Ink called Twist Die.

I thought this geometric pattern would look great for a masculine card so I die cut it out of chip board and then out of patterned paper.  I covered the chipboard piece with the pp piece, glued it on a card base, and then filled in the inside pieces like a puzzle.  If you look closely, you'll notice that not all my pieces landed in the right place - Shh, don't tell Dad!  The top layer was lightly ink blended with Brushed Corduroy DI.  The sentiment panel was kept simple to keep the background as the focus.

On this feminine encouragement card, I used the cover plate in a subtle way without cutting through the paper to give the idea of a trellis in the background.  The sentiment was white heat embossed and smooshed with Oxide inks.  The leaves and flowers were also colored with Oxides.  I pretty much just made puddles of ink and water on a craft sheet and dipped them in a couple of times.  Little dots of white gel pen completed the flowers.

Supplies:
Stamps:  PTI Tucked In: Father's Day, PTI New Every Morning
Dies:  PTI Cover Plate: Twist Die, Altenew Spring Shower Cover Die, Lawn Fawn Cole's Letters
Paper:  7 Gypsies Travel 8x8 paper pad, Georgia Pacific white cs, chip board from packaging, blue and brown scraps
Ink:  VersaMark, Distress Brushed Corduroy, Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint
Other:  Signo white gel pen, twine, fun foam, SSS fine detail white embossing powder, Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder

Thankfully, you don't need to crack open a geometry book for this one.  Just get those shapes out and choose one to use for two different designs for two different occasions!  There is so much inspiration over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog from the design team and our special guests, Cheryl (Paper Panacea), and Brenda (Inkspired to Stamp).  I hope enjoy!


Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Kara